Forms were introduced into HTML in 1993. Since then they have become a critical part of the Web. The existing mechanisms in HTML for forms
are now outdated, and the W3C started work on developing an effective
replacement. This document defines "XForms", W3C's name
for the next generation of web forms.

This section describes the status of this document at the time
of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. The latest
status of this document series is maintained at the W3C.

This is a Working Draft that incorporates new material agreed upon at the
Mountain View face to face meeting and ongoing feedback from the general
public. According to our current plan, the next Working Draft after this one
will be a "Last Call" Working Draft. Interested parties are encouraged to
provide additional feedback and comments.

This document is a W3C Working Draft for review by W3C members and other
interested parties. It is a draft document and may be updated, replaced, or
obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use W3C Working
Drafts as reference material or to cite them as other than "work in progress". A
list of current public W3C Working Drafts can be found at
http://www.w3.org/TR.

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